1897, in force July 1, 1897, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

§ 11. PUBLICATION OF ORDINANCE] Upon the presentation to the common council or board of trustees of such proposed ordinance, together with such recommendation and estimate, if the said estimate of cost shall exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00), (exclusive of the amount to be paid for land to be taken or damaged), such ordinance shall be referred to the proper committee and published in the proceedings of the council or board of trustees, in the usual way, in full, with the recommendation and estimates, at least one week before any action shall be taken thereon by the council or board of trustees. Provided, however, that in any city, village or incorporated town which does not regularly publish the proceedings of its council or board of trustees, such ordinance after having been referred to the proper committee shall, together with the recommendation and estimates, be published in full in some daily newspaper of said city, village or town. or if no daily newspaper is published in such city, village or town, and a weekly paper is published therein, then in some weekly newspaper; or if no daily or weekly newspaper is published in such city, village or town, then in some other newspaper published in the county in which such city, village or town is situated to be designated by said council or board of trustees, Such publication shall be at least one week before any action shall be taken on such ordinance by the council or board of trustees.

AN ACT to amend section 59 of an Act entitled, "An Act concerning local improvements," approved June 14, 1897, and in force July 1, 1897, as subsequently amended.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois. represented in the General Assembly: That section 59 of an Act entitled, "An Act concerning local improvements," approved June 14, 1897, in force July 1, 1897, as subsequently amended, be and the same is hereby amended, said section as amended to read as follows:

$59. SUPPLEMENTAL ASSESSMENTS-REBATĘS.] At any time after bids have been received pursuant to the provisions of this Act, if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the board of local improvements that the first assessment is insufficient to pay the contract price or the bonds or vouchers issued or to be issued in payment of such contract price, together with the amount required to pay the accruing interest thereon, said board shall make and file an estimate of the amount of such deficiency and thereupon a second or supplemental assessment for such estimated deficiency of the cost of the work and interest may be made in the same manner as nearly as may be as in the first assessment, and so on until sufficient money shall have been realized to pay for such

improvement and such interest. It shall be no objection to such assessment that the prior assessment has been levied, adjudicated and collected unless it shall appear that in such prior cause upon proper issue made, it was specially found in terms, that the property objected for would be benefited by said improvement no more than the amount assessed against it in such prior proceedings. If too large a sum shall at any time be raised, the excess shall be refunded ratably to those against whom the assessment was made: Provided, however, the petitioner, in case it so elects, may dismiss the petition and vacate the judgment of confirmation either at or after the term at which the judgment of confirmation is rendered, and begin new proceedings for the same or a different improvement as provided in section 56 of this Act as amended.

Provided, further, that if said estimated deficiency shall exceed ten per centum of the original estimate, then no contract shall be awarded until a public hearing shall be had on said supplemental proceeding in like manner as in the original proceedings: And, provided, further, that no more than one (1) supplemental assessment, shall be levied to meet any deficiency where said deficiency is caused by the original estimate made by the engineer, being insufficient. And, provided, further, that if any local improvement has heretofore been constructed or is now in process of construction or contracts have been entered into for its construction, under the direction of the board of local improvements pursuant to an ordinance providing that such improvement should be constructed and paid for by special assessment, it shall be no objection to any supplemental assessment proceeding now pending or hereafter instituted with respect to any such improvement that a public hearing on said supplemental proceeding was not had before the execution of the contract for the construction of such improvement.

APPROVED June 21, 1919.

MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE AND SURGERY AT UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

1. Who to establish.

2. Course of instruction.

$ 3. Plan to be submitted.

(SENATE BILL No. 181. APPROVED JUNE 16, 1919.)

AN ACT to provide for a veterinary college at the University of Illinois. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: The trustees of the University of Illinois are authorized and directed to establish as a department of the University, a college of veterinary medicine and surgery.

§ 2. The veterinary college shall offer and give such courses of instruction as will, in the opinion of the trustees, best serve to educate and equip candidates for the practice of veterinary medicine and surgery.

3. In pursuance of this authority and direction, the trustees are further directed to prepare and submit to the next General Assembly a plan for such a college, based upon study of similar colleges

elsewhere and consultation with the livestock and veterinary interests of this State, together with budget estimates of the appropriation necessary to carry out the intent of this Act.

APPROVED June 16, 1919.

DENTAL SURGERY.

§ 1. Repeals section 14, Act of 1909.

(HOUSE BILL No. 541. FILED JULY 11, 1919.)

AN ACT to repeal section 14 of an Act entitled: "An Act to regulate the practice of dental surgery and dentistry in the State of Illinois, and to repeal certain Acts therein named," approved June 11, 1909, in force July 1, 1909, as amended.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That section 14 of an Act entitled: "An Act to regulate the practice of dental surgery and dentistry in the State of Illinois, and to repeal certain Acts therein named," approved June 11, 1909, in force July 1, 1909, as amended, is repealed. FILED July 11, 1919.

The Governor having failed to return this bill to the General Assembly during its session, and having failed to file it in my office, with his objections, within ten days after the adjournment of the General Assembly, it has thereby become a law. Witness my hand this 11th day of July, A. D. 1919. LOUIS L. EMMERSON, Secretary of State.

AN ACT in relation to the regulation of the practice of optometry. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: After the first day of October, 1919, it shall be unlawful for any person to practice, or to attempt to practice optometry, without a certificate of registration as a registered optometrist, issued by the Department of Registration and Education, pursuant to the provisions of "An Act in relation to the civil administration of the State government, and to repeal certain Acts therein named," approved March 7, 1917, in force July 1, 1917.

After the first day of October, 1919, it shall, also, be unlawful for any person to serve, or to attempt to serve, as an apprentice under a

registered optometrist without a certificate of registration as a registered apprentice, issued by the Department of Registration and Education, pursuant to the provisions of "An Act in relation to the civil administration of the State government, and to repeal certain Acts therein named," approved March 7, 1917, in force July 1, 1917.

§ 2. Any one or any combination of the following practices constitutes the practice of optometry:

(a) The examination of the human eye, without the use of drugs, medicines or surgery, to ascertain the presence of defects or abnormal conditions which can be corrected by the use of lenses, prisms, or ocular exercises;

(b) The employment of objective or subjective mechanical means to determine the accommodative or refractive states of the human eye or the range or power of vision of the human eye;

(c) The prescription or adoption without the use of drugs, medicines or surgery, of lenses, prisms, or ocular exercises to correct defects or abnormal conditions of the human eye or to adjust the human eye to the conditions of a special occupation.

No registered apprentice may independently practice optometry. A registered apprentice may, however, under the immediate personal supervision of a registered optomerist, assist a registered optometrist in the practice of optometry.

3. The following persons, firms and corporations are exempt from the operation of this Act:

(a) Persons authorized under the laws of this State to practice medicine and surgery;

(b) Persons, firms and corporations who sell eye glasses or spectacles in a store, shop, or other permanently established place of business on prescription from persons authorized under the laws of this State to practice either optometry or medicine and surgery;

(c) Persons, firms and corporations who manufacture or deal in eye glasses or spectacles in a store, shop or other permanently established place of buisness and who neither practice, nor attempt to practice optometry.

§ 4. A person is qualified to receive a certificate of registration as a registered optometrist:

(a) Who is at least 21 years of age;

(b) Who is of good moral character and temperate habits;

(c) Who has graduated from high school or secondary school approved by the Department of Registration and Education, or who has completed an equivalent course of study, as determined by an examination conducted by the Department of Registration and Education;

(d) Who has either studied optometry for two years as a registered apprentice under an optometrist registered under the laws of this State, or has graduated from a school of optometry approved by the Department of Registration and Education. No school of optometry shall be approved by the Department of Registration and Education unless it has a minimum requirement of a course of study of one thousand hours, distributed over one school year of eight months duration. Time spent in the study of optometry under an optometrist registered or licensed

under the laws of another state or territory of the United States or of a foreign country or province, pursuant to the provisions of section 11 of this Act, shall, however, be credited upon the period of study required by the provisions of this paragraph;

(e) Who has passed a satisfactory examination conducted by the Department of Registration and Education to determine his fitness to receive a certificate of registration as a registered optometrist.

A person is qualified to receive a certificate as a registered apprentice:

(a) Who is at least 18 years of age;

(b) Who is of good moral character and temperate habits;

(c) Who has graduated from a high school or secondary school approved by the Department of Registration and Education, or who has completed an equivalent course of study, as determined by an examination conducted by the Department of Registration and Education;

(d) Who has entered upon the study of optometry under an optometrist registered under the laws of this State.

Any person who, upon the first day of July, 1919, is a student in a school of optometry, or is studying optometry under a practicing optometrist, is exempt from the provisions of this section relating to a high school or secondary school education and is also exempt from the provisions of this section relating to the minimum requirements of a school of optometry approved by the Department of Registration and Education. ⚫

5. Every person who desires to obtain a certificate of registration shall apply therefor to the Department of Registration and Education, in writing, on blanks prepared and furnished by the Department of Registration and Education. Each application shall contain proof of the particular qualifications required of the applicant, shall be verified by the applicant under oath, and shall be accompanied by the required fee.

§ 6. The Department of Registration and Education shall hold examinations of applicants for certificates of registration as registered optometrists at such times and places as it may determine.

The examination of applicants for certificates of registration as registered optometrists may include both practical demonstrations and written and oral tests, and shall embrace the subjects normally taught in schools of optometry approved by the Department of Registration and Education.

§ 7. Wherever the provisions of this Act have been complied with, the Department of Registration and Education shall issue a certificate. of registration as a registered optometrist, or a certificate of registration as a registered apprentice, as the case may be.

Any resident of this State who, prior to the first day of October, 1919, applies to the Department of Registration and Education and proves either: (a) that for one year immediately preceding the first day of July, 1919, he was continuously engaged, at an established place of business in this State, in the practice of optometry; or (b) that he had, prior to the first day of July, 1919, graduated from a school of